"Lord, Gongsun Chan killed Liu Bo'an, this is great news for us..."Looking at Yan Shao still sighing there, Li Ru hurriedly spoke. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

To be honest, he had also heard of Liu Bo'an's name, and he also had some emotion about his death. But these poisoners themselves are the kind with a relatively weak temperament, and to put it mildly, they are cold-blooded. Liu Bo'an died, just sigh and forget it, quickly calmed down, and began to think about how much benefit it could bring them.

"Master Li, how can you say that Duke Liu is dead, which is great news for the lord..." Originally, Tai Shici was listening to it from the side, but when he heard Li Ru's words, he was immediately displeased, and he also blamed him.

No wonder Tai Shi Ci is like this, on the one hand, Liu Yu is one of the few people with a very good reputation in this world, and don't forget that Liu Yu is from the East China Sea. And Tai Shici is also a native of the East China Sea, although the two people live in different places, but the transportation in this era is inconvenient, and the two of them can be regarded as fellow villagers from a certain point of view. Liu Yu's words can be regarded as a pride of Donghai County, and now Li Ru said that Liu Yu's death was good, and also said that Liu Yu's death was a good thing for Yan Shao, and it would be strange if Tai Shici was happy.

Looking at Tai Shici, who was a little angry, Li Ru smiled in his heart, but his face was not revealed.

He knew very well that Yan Shao did not particularly trust him, after all, his identity was very unusual, and Tai Shi Ci was Yan Shao's confidant general, and his status in the Qingzhou army was extraordinary, and he was also the one who followed him the longest among the four generals in Qingzhou. Don't look at Yan Shao's obedience to Li Ru's words now, but if you want to say that his status in his heart, he is afraid that there is no way to compare with a Tai Shi Ci. If there is really a conflict, Yan Shao must be able to adjust it, if he can't mediate, then only Li Ru will be sorry in the end.

After all, he can't give up his henchmen and beloved generals for the sake of a gloomy strategist, right? Besides, this strategist is not of the same mind as himself...

Looking at the conflict between the two people under his command, Yan Shao also had a headache, although he also lamented Liu Bo'an's death, but anyway, Liu Bo'an is just an outsider, what do you say is that you are making such an awkward fuss for an outsider?

But he didn't have much to say, and in the end he could only mediate. "Ziyi, he is just an unintentional word, don't blame him..."

Tai Shi Ci is not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do, so he closed his mouth when he heard the words, but his gaze at Li Ru was a little subtle, not only him, but also Zhao Yun and others next to him.

At the same time, looking at Li Ru, Yan Shao asked with some curiosity while smiling bitterly. "Liu Bo'an is virtuous and outstanding, so don't make fun of this person's death in the future, but you said earlier that this matter is good for me, but you don't know what you mean?"

Li Ru smiled when he heard this. "The lord thinks, who does Liu Boan have the best relationship with, and who does he fight with?"

"Yuan Shao? Gongsun Chan? ”

"Yes, Liu Bo'an and Yuan Shao have the best relationship, although Yuan Shao wanted to serve this person as the Son of Heaven before, but Liu Bo'an refused, but this did not hinder the relationship between the two, and Liu Bo'an had a deep contradiction with Gongsun Zhan. If Gongsun Chan fights with Yuan Shao, who dares to guarantee that this person will not help? Although this person was too pedantic, so that he was finally defeated and died, but before that, the Youzhou soldiers and horses under his command were close to 100,000, which is a huge number, plus Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, Gongsun Zhan may not be able to hold on for too long. ”

"Now that Gongsun Chan has annexed Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, and has mastered the entire Youzhou, his strength has increased greatly, and he is on a par with Yuan Shao, isn't it the best time for the lord to crusade against Yuan Shao at this time?"

Speaking of this, Yan Shaoting's eyes gradually lit up.

Indeed, the best time to be...

Originally, Gongsun Chan was not Yuan Shao's opponent, but with his own bravery, and there were enough cavalry in his hands, it was difficult for Yuan Shao to deal with it, but after all, there was a huge gap in the strength of each other, plus Yuan Shao's side had a lot of fierce generals and scribes, and what about Gongsun Zhan's side? He is also a more powerful one, who wins and who loses in the end seems to be clear at a glance, and the result of the battle of Jieqiao is also a proof, although Gongsun Chan gave Yuan Shao a lot of hardships, but it was Yuan Shao who won in the end, not only because he was better than Gongsun Chan, but also because the public prosecution could only use a corner of Youzhou to fight against the entire Jizhou, how could this be undefeated? In the final analysis, there are not many people who can be as powerful as Cao Cao, not to mention that Yuan Shao is much stronger than Tao Qian.

And now? After defeating Liu Yu, Gongsun Chan gained the entire territory of Youzhou, which meant that the strength in his hands had been greatly improved. At least if you fight against Yuan Shao again, you may not suffer so many losses. In this way, the two dare not say that they are on par, but at least they are not the same as they were at the beginning.

"What do you mean, sir?"

"The lord can first send someone to Youzhou to contact Gongsun Zhan, and make an appointment with the two families to send troops together and divide Jizhou equally, so that the lord can master half of the two states and Jizhou, and then crusade against Gongsun Zhan, so that the four states of Qing, and, Hebei, and Youzhou are all owned by the lord, and the lord will go south when he arrives, what is Cao Cao and the others?"

"That's not the case, is that Gongsun Chan easy to deal with? Will he sit back and watch us annex states? What's more, Gongsun Chan is cruel and unkind, and he is untrustworthy, who dares to guarantee that he will not stab us in the back in the process of our union? "It was Tai Shici who spoke this time, perhaps because he killed Liu Yu, his sense of Gongsun Chan can be said to be extremely bad, and his criticism of Gongsun Chan has never stopped.

However, listening to his words, Li Ru smiled slightly. "General Taishi, this is the best option to seize Jizhou, could it be that General Taishi has other strategies that can help the lord seize Jizhou at the lowest cost? You must know that Yuan Shao is not easy to deal with, even if he gathers the strength of Qingzhou and Youzhou, he may not be able to defeat it easily..."

This is true, Jizhou is a rare state and rich state in the world, even Youzhou, before Liu Yu arrived, he often needed Jizhou's financial help, knowing that Liu Yu arrived later, he implemented a lot of leniency, making Youzhou gradually richer. However, in terms of population, financial and material resources alone, it may be difficult to compare Youzhou and Qingzhou with Jizhou, after all, it is a large state that produces grain.

In ancient times, at least before the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains region was more developed than the north, and the south was developed after the Song Dynasty, especially during the Southern Song Dynasty, which took hundreds of years to become what it was later. Although Qingzhou is also wealthy, compared with Jizhou, it seems to have no other characteristics except for the benefit of fishing and salt. If you really want to fight, maybe Jizhou is really likely to have a 1V2...

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"What Mr. said is indeed a clever strategy, Yuan Shao is not easy to deal with, not to mention that Cao Cao is also his ally, although there is Lu Bu there now, but no one dares to guarantee how much time Lu Bu can last, if it is a long time, it is fine, but if there is not enough time, maybe we will suffer in the end. At that time, in the face of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's attack, Gongsun Chan was okay, at least his Youzhou only had to face one, but we had to face attacks from two directions at the same time, if Xuzhou could fight for some energy, it would be okay, but Tao Qian was a cowardly and incompetent person, if he really counted on him, I was afraid that Qingzhou would be broken, and Xuzhou had not sent troops yet..."For Tao Qian, Yan Shao is really disdainful.

Especially after experiencing the previous things, I can't help but belittle one or two in front of others.

Of course, he is the lord, so no one dares to say anything about it, not to mention that what Tao Qian does not seem to be any different from what Yan Shao said, so no one will say anything.

"However, although Gongsun Chan is not as tricky as Yuan Shao, he is also a fierce wolf, even if Yuan Shao is really solved in the future, how to solve Gongsun Chan?"

Hearing Yan Shao's question, Li Ru smiled slightly. "I wonder if the lord has ever heard the name of the Black Mountain thief?"

"Black Mountain Thieves?" Yan Shao was stunned when he heard this.

The name of the Black Mountain thief, that's really not small.

It should be said that in such a period, in fact, the yellow turban has almost disappeared, except for some small counties near the county, or in the deep mountains and old forests, there is basically very little yellow turban thief activity. In particular, a large number of yellow turbans have become very rare under the blows of the princes.

But rare, it doesn't mean that there are really none, at least there are still some yellow scarves in this world that are secretly active, these yellow scarves are the legendary Montenegro yellow turbans...

And their leader is the famous Zhang Yan...

Zhang Yan and the Yellow Turban Thieves under his command claim to have 100,000 people, but because the scale is too large, they have been suppressed by Yuan Shao. To say that this Zhang Yan does have some ability, although Yuan Shao does not want to try his best to deal with him all the time, but this Zhang Yan has always been safe and sound, not only that, but sometimes he will design to give Yuan Shao a few ruthless blows, which makes Yuan Shao hate him. The same is true now, the scale of the Black Mountain thieves is getting bigger and bigger, and for Yuan Shao, it is almost a thorn in the flesh, but unfortunately he has no way to deal with it, and for Zhang Yan, I am afraid he will not be willing to stay incognito in the mountains for the rest of his life, just because Yuan Shao is there, the way out is blocked, so there is no way, the lord can also contact Zhang Yan by the way when he sends someone to contact Gongsun Zhan, and promises certain benefits, I believe that this Zhang Yan will be willing to send troops to help when the lord attacks Jizhou, Although the Black Mountain Thieves are some rabble, there are also some elites among them, not to mention that no matter how much water there is in the 100,000 Black Mountain Thieves, there must always be 20,000 or 30,000 usable soldiers, right? These soldiers and horses may be dispensable in peacetime, but they may be able to exert some miraculous effects at critical moments..."

To be reasonable, in fact, the so-called black mountain thieves are just some rabble, no matter how Zhang Yan trains, it is impossible to turn these rabble into elite teachers, not to mention that Zhang Yan does not have this ability, even if he is replaced by others, I am afraid he will not have this ability. After all, many of the 100,000 Black Mountain thieves are women and children, and those who can really be used to fight on the battlefield are only a small part of them.

And even such a small part, they all belong to the kind that lacks armament and food and grass, the so-called 20,000 or 30,000 people, which can be worth the 10,000 people of the official army, is quite a good thing.

But such a soldier may really be able to play a miraculous effect at a critical moment.

In the final analysis, after all, it is twenty or thirty thousand people, let alone twenty or thirty thousand people, even twenty or thirty thousand pigs are running wildly, and the momentum is quite terrifying.

But this is not important, the most important thing is...

With the help of the Black Mountain thieves, after dealing with Yuan Shao in the future, it can also be used to deal with Gongsun Zhan...

"Mr. Gao, it's just this Zhang Yan, since we can buy it, who dares to guarantee that he won't take refuge in Gongsun Zhan?"

Maybe it was because he defected to Yan Shao too early, Zhao Yun didn't feel any feelings for Gongsun Zhan, but because he killed Liu Yu, he had a lot of bad feelings.

After all, he had also heard of Liu Yu's virtuous name, and now that Gongsun Chan had killed Liu Yu, he was already a bad person in his heart.

Hearing Zhao Yun's words, this time there was no need for Li Ru to explain, Yan Shao had already explained with a laugh. "Zilong, this is your overwhelming, that Gongsun Zan was brutal and unkind, and killed Liu Bo'an, even if Zhang Yan is a bandit, can he still have some scruples? Although I, Yan Shao, am not a good person, but if I want to talk about credibility, I am a hundred times stronger than Gongsun Zhan, and what is Zhang Yan asking for? It's nothing more than crawling out of that ravine, if I can defeat Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, what does it matter if I promise him half of the annexation? ”

"Not bad..."It was Cheng Yu who spoke in agreement this time, and Cheng Yu nodded in agreement. That Gongsun Zhan is just a brave and unscrupulous, brutal and unkind horseman, although he is brave, can he still be brave and brave over Lu Bu? And Liu Bo'an is lenient in Youzhou, and he has won the hearts of the people, whether it is the people of Youzhou or the Hu people outside the Saiwai are very respectful, after he killed Liu Bo'an, he doesn't know how long it will take to harvest the hearts of the people in Youzhou, although Zhang Yan is a bandit, but it is said that he is also a heroic man similar to Zang Ba, will he abandon a monarch like the lord and ignore it, but run to Gongsun Zan to cooperate? I'm afraid it won't be so stupid. ”

Hearing this, everyone also nodded.

Yan Shao can be so generous to a bandit like Zang Ba, who has no reputation, and even gave the entire Langxi County to Zang Ba, not to mention Zhang Yan, whose strength and reputation are far stronger than Zang Ba's?

As long as Zhang Yan is willing to help, I believe that Yan Shao will definitely be willing to give enough benefits, and considering what happened to Zang Ba, I believe that Zhang Yan will also think about it clearly, in this way, Zhang Yan can be said to be the best choice.

Let alone...

For things like cooperating with the Yellow Turban, Yan Shao also has a lot of confidence...

Because in his hands, there is a very good killer feature, as long as he has such a killer feature, Yan Shao is not afraid that Zhang Yan will betray him at all.

Of course, it's hard to say, if Zhang Yan is really the ambitious type, I'm afraid things will be difficult to do, but at present, the world is in chaos and the heroes are rising, but there is no place for Zhang Yan and these bandits, I believe Zhang Yan should also be able to see this clearly, and not be so confused that he really plans to go against the sky. In this way, Yan Shao at least has a chance.

"But before that, someone still needs to go to Youzhou and Merge Prefecture first, to contact Zhang Yan and Gongsun Zhan, so that they can cooperate with them, but..." Looking at the people below, Yan Shao's psychology was a little hesitant. Don't know who to send? ”

Dong Zhao is definitely not good, although he is a more suitable candidate under Yan Shao's account, but just now after returning from Yanzhou, let him go to Youzhou, no matter how you look at it, it is an impersonal move. The most important thing is that this trip to Youzhou is different, it needs to cross the entire Jizhou, no one dares to guarantee that it is really safe along the way, if one is not careful, maybe Yan Shao will lose one of the most important strategists.

But apart from Dong Zhao, Yan Shao couldn't find other suitable candidates, which made him a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, this is not the most urgent thing at the moment, after determining the strategy for the next period of time, Yan Shao first ordered the people below to prepare grain and grass and the weapons needed next, and then mobilized soldiers and horses, and transferred a certain number of soldiers and horses from Donghai and other counties, and even the farthest Langxi County, all of which were hoarded in the territory of Qi and Jinan, and the purpose was very simple, ready to start.

However, although he was ready to do it, this hand was not something that could be moved at will. After all, it takes a long time to prepare for grain and grass alone, not to mention that what Qingzhou needs to supply now is not only the Qingzhou army, but also Lu Bu.

At the same time, after returning to his room, looking at Zhang Ning, who was already waiting inside, Yan Shao smiled slightly.

"This time, I need your help..."

may still be a little hesitant about Yan Shao who will go to Gongsun Zhan's side, but Yan Shao has already had his own ideas about the candidate to go to Zhang Yan's side.

Of course, this is not to say that Yan Shao intends to let Zhang Ning go, unless he is brain-dead, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for him to do so.

After all, Zhang Ning is not only his woman, but also a very critical bargaining chip in his hand, such a baby-like character must be taken with him, if he really sends it out, it is almost impossible to get it back.

So the candidate he selected was none other than Zhou Cang, who is currently in a high position in the Qingzhou Army...

As the main figure in the Yellow Turban back then, Zhou Cang had considerable qualifications in the Yellow Turban Army, and even Zhang Yan could not compare. Let Zhou Cang pass, the chances of success are undoubtedly much better than sending someone else.